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Platform Housing Group issues £250m sustainability bond

|Date: 9 April, 2024

Platform Housing Group issues £250m sustainability bond

Platform Housing Group, the largest housing association in the Midlands, has issued a second sustainabili ...

Platform Housing Group, the largest housing association in the Midlands, has issued a second sustainability bond from its £1bn EMTN programme. The £250m bond has a 26-year maturity and was priced at G ...

9 April, 2024
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Liniar | Specifying low carbon windows and doors

|Date: 8 November, 2023

Liniar | Specifying low carbon windows and doors

In a bid to tackle the effects of climate change, the UK Government has proposed the Future Building Stan ...

In a bid to tackle the effects of climate change, the UK Government has proposed the Future Building Standards and Future Homes Standard, which will see changes to Part L (Conservation of fuel and pow ...

8 November, 2023
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Delve into A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates from RIBA

|Date: 16 November, 2022

Delve into A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates from RIBA

The need for building more social housing is growing, but how much do we really know about its history an ...

The need for building more social housing is growing, but how much do we really know about its history and origins? From the popular author of the critically acclaimed book Municipal Dreams comes the ...

16 November, 2022
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Purchase of 1970s shopping mall will double the size of urban village in Bradford city centre

|Date: 15 September, 2022

Purchase of 1970s shopping mall will double the size of urban village in Bradford city centre

Bradford Council has bought the underused Kirkgate Shopping Centre — clearing the path for a new 'urban v ...

Bradford Council has bought the underused Kirkgate Shopping Centre — clearing the path for a new 'urban village' of 1,000 homes that will transform the heart of the city. The £15.5m deal will see Prim ...

15 September, 2022
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EQUANS and Your Homes Newcastle kickstart groundbreaking heat pump project

|Date: 25 January, 2022

EQUANS and Your Homes Newcastle kickstart groundbreaking heat pump project

EQUANS — the new name for ENGIE’s services-led activities — has been appointed by Your Homes Newcastle (Y ...

EQUANS — the new name for ENGIE’s services-led activities — has been appointed by Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) to deliver an innovative low carbon heating project for 164 homes. Centred on the Denton Pa ...

25 January, 2022
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Planning application for sustainable housing for older people

|Date: 7 December, 2021

Planning application for sustainable housing for older people

JDDK Architects has applied to Newcastle City Council for planning permission on behalf of Meldrum Constr ...

JDDK Architects has applied to Newcastle City Council for planning permission on behalf of Meldrum Construction and the St Mary Magdalene & Holy Jesus Trust for an ambitious sustainable housing sc ...

7 December, 2021
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Cornish fruit farm branches out with sustainable housing development

|Date: 4 September, 2019

Cornish fruit farm branches out with sustainable housing development

Coastline Housing’s latest new-build development forms part of an existing fruit farm in Cornwall and wil ...

Coastline Housing’s latest new-build development forms part of an existing fruit farm in Cornwall and will soon see more than fruit coming out of the ground, it will also be extracting heat. Coastline ...

4 September, 2019
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London’s DIY community housing groups set to boom thanks to multimillion European fund

|Date: 1 March, 2018

London’s DIY community housing groups set to boom thanks to multimillion European fund

A London community housing group has received European funding to share its knowledge and inspire more co ...

A London community housing group has received European funding to share its knowledge and inspire more communities to become ethical housing developers. London Community Land Trust was formed by Londo ...

1 March, 2018
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Empty office redevelopment set to create 48 affordable homes in Bracknell

|Date: 21 September, 2017

Empty office redevelopment set to create 48 affordable homes in Bracknell

A former empty office building and surrounding car park and land opposite Bracknell & Wokingham Colle ...

A former empty office building and surrounding car park and land opposite Bracknell & Wokingham College in Larges Lane, Edenfield, is set to be demolished and transformed into 48 urgently-needed a ...

21 September, 2017
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